{"id":31755,"date":"2016-03-19T06:30:21","date_gmt":"2016-03-18T17:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=31755"},"modified":"2016-03-18T23:43:44","modified_gmt":"2016-03-18T10:43:44","slug":"58-eridani-postponed-so-instead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2016\/03\/19\/58-eridani-postponed-so-instead\/","title":{"rendered":"58 Eridani Postponed, So Instead…"},"content":{"rendered":"

58 Eridani<\/strong> will post tomorrow due to Andrew being overwhelmed by Other Life Stuff, which happens yanno… (I’m sure you do all know.)<\/p>\n

…but meanwhile, what else to post?<\/p>\n

All sorts of ideas skittered around in m’head, and Paul Weimer suggested a “just arrived” book post, except none have lately, so that one wouldn’t fly. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

So in the end I’ve opted for a photo, of Birdlings Flat on the road to Akaroa.<\/p>\n

\"Birdlings<\/a><\/p>\n

Cool, huh? The photo was taken by Malcolm—the husband of Marion, The Heir of Night’s<\/em><\/strong> Dutch translator—when they visited last month<\/a>. Marion’s in the foreground, facing away; I’m in the background, more against the sky.<\/p>\n

I wrote a poem for Birdlings Flat “a long gal ago” now, so I’ve posted that as well—so you see, a photo and poetry: double Saturday goodness. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Birdlings Flat<\/span><\/h4>\n

walking on stones<\/span>
\n the southern ocean<\/span>
\n heaves itself<\/span>
\n onto a shore stripped bare,<\/span>
\n the solitary log<\/span>
\n pared to bleached bone \u2014<\/span>
\n eyes stream,<\/span>
\n stare into spindrift,<\/span>
\n long plumes lift,<\/span>
\n tossed back<\/span>
\n as the waves curve,<\/span>
\n crashing onto stones<\/span>
\n …every one<\/span>
\n………<\/span>worn smooth.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a9 Helen Lowe
\nPublished in The Christchurch Press<\/b>, April 18, 2007<\/p>\n

\u00a0*It wasn't wild the day the photo was taken--the opposite in fact, \r\nbut Birdlings Flat can be very wild indeed. The beach is testament to that.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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